Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 600 - Abortion Facility Regulations
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 310:600-1-2 - Definitions
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Abortion"means the purposeful termination of a human pregnancy, by any person with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead unborn child {63 O.S. 1991 § 1-730}.
"Abortion facility" means a specialized hospital that provides abortions on an out-patient basis during the first trimester of pregnancy. The term abortion facility does not include licensed general medical surgical hospitals that provide abortions in addition to other procedures provided in the facility.
"Bed" means each procedure table, gurney, or recovery bed that may be occupied by patients undergoing or recovering from abortions.
"Department" means the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
"First trimester" means a period of a pregnancy measured from the first day of the last normal menses through the end of the fourteenth week or the first twelve (12) weeks of pregnancy as determined by physician examination.
"Governing body" means that person, persons, or legal entity legally responsible for the conduct of the abortion facility that carries out the functions of ownership and governance.
"Licensed practical nurse" means a person currently licensed to practice practical nursing in Oklahoma.
"Registered nurse" means a person currently licensed to practice registered nursing in Oklahoma.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 3172, eff 7-13-98
